Suspender attachment.



R. D. VOORHEES.

SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION men SEPT. I. 1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

Application filed September 7, 1916. Serial No. 118,845.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD D. Voon- HEES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lebanon, county of Boone, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Suspender Attachment; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

This invention relates to an attachment for suspenders whereby the suspenders may be conveniently worn inside or under the shirt and be secured to the suspender button on the inside of the trousers.

It is well known that heretofore it has been impractical to wear suspenders under the shirt as the means for securing them to the trousers with the shirt between them has not been satisfactory and acceptable to the wearer. It is often the case that a man does not wish to wear a belt or it is necessary for him to wear suspenders which are unsightly when he removes his coat and the object of this invention is to overcome the diiiiculty incurred by this situation and to provide an attachment to the suspenders which will secure them to the button of the trousers through the shirt or with the shirt interven- The full nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim:

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the attachment showing the manner in which it is secured to the suspender and trousers. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the attachment. Fig. f is a plan view looking down on the attachment.

In the drawings there is shown the upper part of trousers 10 having an inside suspender button 11 secured thereon. Inside of the shirt 12 suspenders 13 are secured, said suspenders having in the lower end of said strap or straps a button-hole 14; through which the upper member 15 of the attachment 16 is adapted to be inserted. All of the above-mentioned parts constitute the ordinary wearing apparel of a man and need not be described or shown in detail in this Copies of this patent may be obtained for invention excepting to show their arrangement and relation thereto.

The suspender attachment 16 is made of wire which is bent so as to have a lower projecting portion 1.7 which is only wide enough to straddle the threads which secure the button to the trousers with the material of the shirt interposed and it is of a less width than the diameter of the button. The upper portion of the attachment is a continuation of the lower portion 17 and is bent in a circular form of a relatively larger diameter than the button so that the button may readily be inserted therethrough with the shirt material interposed, whereby the attachment may be drawn upward so that the lower portion 17 engages the button substantially as shown. The wire is then bent slightly outwardly in a different plane, as shown in Fig. i, and formed into the member 15 which is adapted to be inserted through the buttonhole of the suspender strap for securing the attachment thereto. For securing the parts of the attachment in their relative position they may be soldered at 18 or secured by any other means.

The invention claimed is:

A suspender attachment composed of a single section of wire, said wire being bent to form parallel sections, portions of said parallel sections being bowed outwardly to form a loop, the sections of the wire above said loop being extended upwardly and then curved substantially semi-circular outwardly and downwardly, said curved portions being soldered together, the ends of the wire beyond the curved portion being formed into a second loop of substantially semi-circular formation the lower edge of which is substantially in alinement with the upper edge of the first loop, the remainder of the second loop extending above the first loop and in ofl'set position thereto, whereby when a suspender strap is introduced over the second loop it will engage said curved portion between said loops and rest fiat between the loops.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

RICHARD D. VOORHEES.

Washington, D. G. 

